NAME¶
zfs-hold —
hold ZFS snapshots to prevent their
removal
SYNOPSIS¶
zfs |
hold
[-r]
tag
snapshot… |
zfs |
holds
[-rH]
snapshot… |
zfs |
release
[-r]
tag
snapshot… |
DESCRIPTION¶
zfs hold
[-r]
tag
snapshot…- Adds a single reference, named with the
tag argument, to the specified
snapshots. Each snapshot has its own tag namespace, and tags must
be unique within that space.
If a hold exists on a snapshot, attempts to destroy that
snapshot by using the zfs
destroy command return
EBUSY.
-r- Specifies that a hold with the given tag is applied recursively to
the snapshots of all descendent file systems.
zfs holds
[-rH]
snapshot…- Lists all existing user references for the given snapshot or
snapshots.
-r- Lists the holds that are set on the named descendent snapshots, in
addition to listing the holds on the named snapshot.
-H- Do not print headers, use tab-delimited output.
zfs release
[-r]
tag
snapshot…- Removes a single reference, named with the
tag argument, from the specified snapshot
or snapshots. The tag must already exist for each snapshot.
If a hold exists on a snapshot, attempts to destroy that snapshot by
using the
zfs
destroy command return
EBUSY.
-r- Recursively releases a hold with the given tag on the snapshots of
all descendent file systems.
